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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






2. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project






3. Person or organization that is actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project






4. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






5. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.






6. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)






7. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date






8. Narrative description of products - services or results






9. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat






10. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






11. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






12. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






13. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.






14. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






15. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines






16. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities






17. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)






18. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






19. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause






20. Processes that organize and manage the project team






21. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success






22. Float (total float - free float)






23. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved






24. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives






25. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






26. Describes each component in the work breakdown structure (WBS). for each WBS component - the WBS dictionary includes a brief definition of the scope of statement of work - defined deliverables - a list of associated activities and list of milestones.






27. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






28. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break






29. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions






30. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






31. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases






32. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






33. Project model that translates the uncertainties specified at a detailed level into the potential impact on objectives that are expressed at the level of the total project. Monte Carlo Analysis






34. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.






35. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






36. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics






37. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.






38. A component of work performed during the course of a project






39. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






40. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






41. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.






42. Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables






43. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development






44. Significant point or event in the project






45. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed






46. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle






47. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project






48. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient






49. Document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organization resources to the project activities






50. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information